Dr. Nafeesa Yunus earned her B.S. and MBA in Finance from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. in Finance (minor in Real Estate) from the University of Texas at Arlington. She joined UB in Fall 2008.
Dr. Yunus’s research interests revolve around Financial econometrics, Globalization of capital markets, Macro aspects of financial markets and instruments, International finance, Financial contagion, International real estate investments, Portfolio strategy and the U.S. housing market.
She has published nine articles in reputable academic journals including Real Estate Economics (2 papers), Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions and Money (2 papers), Journal of Real Estate Research, Journal of Property Research, Journal of Property Investment and Finance and the Journal of Multinational Financial Management.
Dr. Yunus has taught several preparations at UB both online and face to face at the Graduate and Undergraduate levels. They include: (1) Real Estate Finance (FIN 471) Face to Face, (2) Real Estate Investments (FIN 470) Face to Face, (3) Real Estate Principles and Transactions (REED 312) Face to Face (4) Financial Management (FIN 331) Online and Face to Face (5) Graduate level Financial Management (FIN 504) Online (6) Real Estate Investments (FIN 750) and (7) Graduate level Corporate Finance (FIN 640). She will be teaching Real Estate Market Analysis course (REED 475) in Spring 2015.
Dr. Yunus serves and has served on various committees at UB including the Undergraduate curriculum committee, the Faculty development committee, the Civility committee, University research council. She is an active reviewer who serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Property Research and the Journal of Real Estate and Portfolio Management.
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/nafeesayunus2/